Forecast for the Moab Area Mountains
Friday, December 23, 2016
The avalanche danger is MODERATE today in steep upper elevation terrain where you can detect recent deposits of wind drifted snow. Be alert to recently formed wind slabs on the lee sides of ridge crests and terrain features and look for signs of instability such as cracking or collapsing in the snow pack. There is also a MODERATE danger for triggering a deep and dangerous persistent slab avalanche on steep slopes in mid-upper elevation terrain, that have a W-NE-SE aspect.